Kristofer Purnell - Philstar.com
MANILA, Philippines — Filipinos are always so eager to celebrate the Christmas season as soon as September rolls in, even the queen of Christmas songs herself Mariah Carey knows it!
Over the weekend, a fan account dedicated to Mariah posted on X (formerly known as Twitter) that the singer's 1994 holiday hit "All I Want for Christmas is You" had over 316,000 streams on Spotify on September 2, which was a 75% increase from the same day in 2022.
Mariah reposted the account's numbers and said it was too early to say Christmas was incoming, but made an exception for Filipino fans.
"Not yet!!!! I’ll allow it for my Filipino lambs though! (I don’t make the rules!)" Mariah wrote, "lambs" being the name for fans of the 54-year-old singer.
Filipino fans were quick to repost and reply to Mariah's tweet, further emphasizing how much of a Christmas icon she is in the Philippines alongside another Christmas carol royalty Jose Mari Chan.
It can be recalled last year that Mariah continued her streak of personally welcoming the Christmas season on her social media accounts, her most recent attempt transforming from a witch into Santa a day after Halloween.
Mariah last performed in the Philippines in 2018, and Pinoy lambs will be clamoring a return to come soon (preferably during the -Ber months, of course).
